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Kalki begins Sivagamiyin Sapatham

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Kalki begins Sivagamiyin Sapatham
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Kalki Krishnamurthy began serialising Sivagamiyin Sapatham, a historical novel set in the Pallava period.

Kalki Krishnamurthy, who founded Kalki magazine with T. Sadasivam in 1941, wrote a series of popular historical novels. Parthiban Kanavu was serialised from 16 October 1941 to 10 February 1943. Sivagamiyin Sapatham, set in the Pallava dynasty, ran from 1 January 1944 to 30 June 1946. These serials helped popularise historical fiction in Tamil and were followed by Ponniyin Selvan in 1950.

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